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        <a id="cups-filters" name="cups-filters"></a>cups-filters-1.27.1
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        <h2 class="sect2">
          Introduction to CUPS Filters
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        <p>
          The <span class="application">CUPS Filters</span> package contains
          backends, filters and other software that was once part of the core
          <span class="application">CUPS</span> distribution but is no longer
          maintained by Apple Inc.
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          Package Information
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              <p>
                Download (HTTP): <a class="ulink" href=
                "https://www.openprinting.org/download/cups-filters/cups-filters-1.27.1.tar.xz">
                https://www.openprinting.org/download/cups-filters/cups-filters-1.27.1.tar.xz</a>
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                Download MD5 sum: 6da97bb6bc26dc038cc334f04bf14197
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                Download size: 1.4 MB
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                Estimated disk space required: 47 MB (with tests), 15MB
                installed
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                Estimated build time: 0.4 SBU (with tests)
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          CUPS Filters Dependencies
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          Required
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          <a class="xref" href="cups.html" title="Cups-2.3.1">Cups-2.3.1</a>,
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          "Avahi-0.7">Avahi-0.7</a>, <a class="xref" href=
          "../x/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.html#dejavu-fonts" title=
          "DejaVu fonts">Dejavu fonts</a> (required for the tests), <a class=
          "xref" href="../server/openldap.html" title=
          "OpenLDAP-2.4.49">OpenLDAP-2.4.49</a>, <a class="xref" href=
          "../general/php.html" title="PHP-7.4.2">PHP-7.4.2</a> (use of this
          might be broken), <a class="ulink" href=
          "http://liblouis.org/">Liblouis (Braille)</a>, and <a class="ulink"
          href="http://liblouis.org/">Liblouisutdml (Braille)</a>
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          Optional printer drivers (runtime)
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          <a class="xref" href="gutenprint.html" title=
          "Gutenprint-5.3.3">Gutenprint-5.3.3</a> (for supported printers),
          or other printer drivers, such as <a class="ulink" href=
          "http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/">hplip</a>
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          User Notes: <a class="ulink" href=
          "http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/cups-filters">http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/cups-filters</a>
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          Installation of CUPS Filters
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          Install <span class="application">CUPS Filters</span> by running
          the following commands:
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<kbd class="command">./configure --prefix=/usr        \
            --sysconfdir=/etc    \
            --localstatedir=/var \
            --without-rcdir      \
            --disable-static     \
            --disable-avahi      \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.27.1 &amp;&amp;
make</kbd>
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          To test the results, issue: <span class="command"><strong>make
          check</strong></span>. DejaVu fonts are needed for the tests.
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          Now, as the <code class="systemitem">root</code> user:
        </p>
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<kbd class="command">make install</kbd>
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          Command Explanations
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          <em class="parameter"><code>--disable-avahi</code></em>: This
          switch is needed if the optional <a class="xref" href=
          "../basicnet/avahi.html" title="Avahi-0.7">Avahi-0.7</a> is not
          installed. Remove it if avahi is installed and you need network
          printer discovery capabilities.
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          <em class="parameter"><code>--without-rcdir</code></em>: This
          switch disables installation of the bundled bootscript which is not
          compatible with BLFS.
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          <em class="parameter"><code>--disable-static</code></em>: This
          switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
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          Contents
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            <div class="seg">
              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Programs:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">cups-browsed, driverless (link),
              foomatic-rip (link) and ttfread</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Libraries:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">libcupsfilters.so and
              libfontembed.so</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Directories:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">/usr/include/{cupsfilters,fontembed},
              /usr/lib/cups/driver, /usr/share/cups/{braille,charsets},
              /usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.27.1 and
              /usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters</span>
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            Short Descriptions
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                  <p>
                    <a id="cups-browsed" name="cups-browsed"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>cups-browsed</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
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                <td>
                  <p>
                    is a daemon for browsing the Bonjour and CUPS broadcasts
                    of shared, remote CUPS printers.
                  </p>
                </td>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="foomatic-rip" name="foomatic-rip"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>foomatic-rip</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    is a universal print filter/RIP wrapper which can be used
                    as CUPS filter or stand-alone for spooler-less, direct
                    printing.
                  </p>
                </td>
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                <td>
                  <p>
                    <a id="libcupsfilters" name=
                    "libcupsfilters"></a><span class="term"><code class=
                    "filename">libcupsfilters.so</code></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    contains <span class="application">CUPS Filters</span>
                    API functions.
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        Last updated on 2020-02-19 16:31:22 -0800
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